But isn't that the way our system is supposed to work? Parts, like the House of Representatives, were designed to be pretty responsive to the will of the people. The Senate was designed to be less so, and the judiciary even less so. Not even the Jeffersonians really thought the will of the people should be carried out without any checks and balances. It is certainly not the role of judges to implement the will and the passions of the people. It is their role to interpret and uphold the law.

>I can't speak for them as I did not participate in their efforts.
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>That being said I will say that I'm happy the will of the California voters was upheld. Far too many times in recent history the California Supreme Court has overturned the votes of the citizenry.
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>>"The 7 million Californians who worked hard to protect marriage as the union of husband and wife are breathing easier today."
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>>Why are they breathing easier? What change would it do to them?
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>>>The California Supreme Court ruled today that voters' ban on gay marriages should prevail, but allowed to stand marriages that occurred in the brief window before the vote was taken.
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